UPDATE cars
SET
/* We don't have row values introduced in version 3.15.0 (2016-10-14.) */
model = (
SELECT u.new_model
FROM cars c natural join mod_bod_upd u
WHERE cars.rowid = c.rowid),
body = (
SELECT u.new_body
FROM cars c natural join mod_bod_upd u
WHERE cars.rowid = c.rowid)
/* Specify only rows that will have a value to set, otherwise model and body
will be set to null. */
WHERE cars.rowid IN (
SELECT c.rowid
FROM cars c natural join mod_bod_upd);